Young people who dabble in synthetic drugs sold online were warned yesterday they do so at their peril.
There is "no quality control" of these potentially lethal substances. Public health experts issued the alert after it emerged the dangerous drug, which left six young people hospitalised in Cork earlier this week, is known as the N-Bomb.
Dr Edel Duggan, Director of the National Poisons Unit in Beaumont Hospital in Dublin, said it has previous experience of being asked by emergency doctors for advice on how to treat users who suffer hallucinations and other major side-effects after taking this drug.
"If doctors have some idea of what it might be then we can give them information on how to treat the symptoms such as very high temperatures and the impact on the heart or kidneys," she added.
The HSE updated its warning about the 2C family of psychedelic phenethylamine designer drugs.
Source: Eilish O'Regan, Irish Independent, 22/01/16
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